Events calendar: Sunday, Oct. 22

As part of the Kids Euro Festival, the National Gallery of Art will present celebrated French animator and storyteller Michel Ocelot’s 2016 film “Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess” (in French with English subtitles). 11:30 a.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

“Boo at the Zoo” will feature animal encounters and festive decorations along with candy and snack foods from more than 40 treat stations throughout the National Zoo. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. $20 to $30. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu/events/boo-zoo.

The Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and violinist Leonid Sushansky will perform works by Tchaikovsky and Virginia composer Ben Roundtree. 3 p.m. $20; free for ages 18 and younger. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. wmpamusic.org.

Violinist Lina Bahn and cellist Matt Haimovitz will collaborate with choreographer Lynn Neuman and her Artichoke Dance Company and poet Melissa Tuckey to celebrate music that promotes awareness of our oceans. 3:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

The “Masterworks of Five Centuries” concert series will feature Smithsonian Chamber Players with an all-Brahms concert using a late-Viennese all-wooden fortepiano similar to the instrument Brahms used while composing his first two piano quartets. Pre-concert lecture from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.; concert from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $25 to $30. Music Hall, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030.

Discussions and lectures

The Sunday Forum will present a conversation on “The Jesus Movement in the World” with the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, the presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church, and Washington National Cathedral Dean Randy Hollerith. 10:10 a.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

Adriaan Waiboer, head of collections and research at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, and Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern Baroque paintings at the National Gallery of Art, will offer an introduction to the exhibition “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry.” 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Julie Lythcott-Haims will discuss her book “Real American: A Memoir,” about the challenges she faced growing up as the biracial daughter of an African-American father and a white British mother. 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Simba Sana — co-founder and former leader of Karibu Books, a major indie-bookselling phenomenon and perhaps the most successful black-owned company in the history of the book industry — will discuss his memoir “Never Stop.” 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Ancient Rivers, 2121 14th St. NW. 202-332-9672.

George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design will present Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage,” the story of a playground altercation between 11-year-old boys that brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the dispute. 2 p.m. $10 to $20. Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. 202-994-0995.

“Comedy at the Kennedy Center” will feature The Cooties, a musical comedy trio based in Los Angeles. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the Hall of States starting at approximately 5 p.m. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Special event

The Bahá’í community of Washington, D.C., will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh, the prophet-founder of the Bahá’í Faith, with a citywide celebration focused on upholding the principle of the oneness of humanity. Program from 3:30 to 5 p.m.; reception from 5 to 6 p.m. Free. Auditorium, Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW. dcbahai.org/calendar.

Sporting event

D.C. United will play the New York Red Bulls. 4 p.m. $20 to $200. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-745-3000.

Walk

A park ranger will lead a “Fall Foliage Stroll” along Rock Creek with a visit to one of the most picturesque spots in the park. 10 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.